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A MIDSUMMER DAYa€ S STEAM DREAMS!
The Vintage Trainsa€ summer Sunday a€~Shakespeare Expressa€ timetabled walk-on steam service from Birmingham Snow Hill to Stratford-upon-Avon is again in full swing - and the route provides a breathtaking series of possibilities for lineside photography, especially with the use of classic GWR locomotives historically appropriate to the line.
Stratford resident Malcolm Ranieri highlights a dozen choice locations on this double-track Railtrack route which has defied the march of progress to remain suspended in a time warp for much of its length.
TOTAL RAILWAY EXPERIENCE AT THE DEAN FOREST!
Join Heritage Railway for an exclusive woodland steam weekend in October as the leaves change colour!
This is your chance to not only drive an engine, but to take part in every aspect of running a railway. And all this in the sylvan setting of the Forest of Dean, on one of the most interesting of Britaina€ s smaller heritage lines.
PANNIERS, PRAIRIES AND PRIMROSES
Are the interests of heritage railways and nature conservation compatible? That is a question frequently posed when preservationists apply for planning permission to relay track in environmentally-sensitive areas. In a major study of flora and fauna on the West Somerset Railway, naturalist and a€~Wildlife Speciala€ organiser David J. Bailey draws some startling conclusions to answer the critics.
THE WHISTLING FORTIES
As Heritage Railway celebrates its 40th edition, enthusiasts celebrate 40 years since the delivery of the last Class 40 locomotive D399 in September 1962 and look forward to the return of a member of the class to main line duty on November 30. Fred Kerr looks at the history of this well-loved class.
BARRY SCRAPYARD SURVIVORS: NOW FOR THE SECOND HALF: Part Two
Hot news this month is that the last locomotive to be saved from Barry scrapyard, GWR small prairie No. 5553, has just been resteamed at Tyseley after 12 years of hard graft by restorer John Wilkinson.
More will follow in its wake - but the future of other classic main line types remains fraught with uncertainty, report Robin Jones and John Crosse.
SIGNAL RED
Visitors to heritage railways perhaps tend to take signals for granted, but there is much more to the subject than meets the eye - particularly at the Midland Railway Centre.
The venuea€ s origins are different to those of its contemporaries, and in one important respect it really should be considered to be in the premier league of heritage railways. Brian Sharpe investigates.
The Vintage Trainsa€ summer Sunday a€~Shakespeare Expressa€ timetabled walk-on steam service from Birmingham Snow Hill to Stratford-upon-Avon is again in full swing - and the route provides a breathtaking series of possibilities for lineside photography, especially with the use of classic GWR locomotives historically appropriate to the line.
Stratford resident Malcolm Ranieri highlights a dozen choice locations on this double-track Railtrack route which has defied the march of progress to remain suspended in a time warp for much of its length.
TOTAL RAILWAY EXPERIENCE AT THE DEAN FOREST!
Join Heritage Railway for an exclusive woodland steam weekend in October as the leaves change colour!
This is your chance to not only drive an engine, but to take part in every aspect of running a railway. And all this in the sylvan setting of the Forest of Dean, on one of the most interesting of Britaina€ s smaller heritage lines.
PANNIERS, PRAIRIES AND PRIMROSES
Are the interests of heritage railways and nature conservation compatible? That is a question frequently posed when preservationists apply for planning permission to relay track in environmentally-sensitive areas. In a major study of flora and fauna on the West Somerset Railway, naturalist and a€~Wildlife Speciala€ organiser David J. Bailey draws some startling conclusions to answer the critics.
THE WHISTLING FORTIES
As Heritage Railway celebrates its 40th edition, enthusiasts celebrate 40 years since the delivery of the last Class 40 locomotive D399 in September 1962 and look forward to the return of a member of the class to main line duty on November 30. Fred Kerr looks at the history of this well-loved class.
BARRY SCRAPYARD SURVIVORS: NOW FOR THE SECOND HALF: Part Two
Hot news this month is that the last locomotive to be saved from Barry scrapyard, GWR small prairie No. 5553, has just been resteamed at Tyseley after 12 years of hard graft by restorer John Wilkinson.
More will follow in its wake - but the future of other classic main line types remains fraught with uncertainty, report Robin Jones and John Crosse.
SIGNAL RED
Visitors to heritage railways perhaps tend to take signals for granted, but there is much more to the subject than meets the eye - particularly at the Midland Railway Centre.
The venuea€ s origins are different to those of its contemporaries, and in one important respect it really should be considered to be in the premier league of heritage railways. Brian Sharpe investigates.
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